Category Archives: AMMAN’S TOP FIVE

Yes, trust us, we know just how hot summer in Amman could get. Between hanging out with family and friends, looking for that elusive part-time job that you’ll quit as soon as you start and the endless free time this summer will give you, HCW recommends the following must-try-because-it-will-make-you-melt ultimate summer smoothies list:

Who can say no to a cold watermelon smoothie on a hot summer day? Let alone watermelon dip, icecream or even a watermelon Kebab (that’s right.) Batatee5 is the number one solution to every summer in Amman. The small team of Watermelon experts have no venue or shop of their own, instead they rely on showcasing their cold treats in festival, parties and Souk Jara every summer Friday. Infact Batatee5 doesn’t operate in Amman alone, they’ve also been several events Dubai.

Want to know what they’re up to now? Follow Batatee5 on twitter @Batatee5 to stay tuned for all their events this summer.

Maybe you can’t buy happiness, but you can definitely buy icecream (and really, isn’t it the same thing?). Cuddled between a bunch of other restaurnts in Abdoun, Freeze Creamery is an icecream shop that offers enough icecream flavors to cover you for the entire summerin Amman. I personally keep coming back time and time again because of their lime flavour, but you shouldn’t restrict yourself to just that!

This ice-cream/slush shop is located in 7th circle (should we still call it a circle? We don’t know). Shalamoneh opened up in the summer of 2013, making it newest venue on our list!

You would normally ask yourself a thousand times before trying a new slush from a place you’ve never heard of, right? With Shalamoneh, you won’t have to worry: their slush is homemade by the cleanest measures possible, as opposed to most venues with artificial slush. Their Blueberry slush is seriously something out of a cartoon, and we definitely recommend it for first timers.

Unless you’ve lived under a rock for the past 15 years, you’ve been to Frosti at least once in your life. Frosti has two branches: one in Um Uthaina and the second (and our favorite) one in Shmeisani. It’s clean white interior gives off a sense of cool even before you walk in. They’ve got a gilato-style icecream, which we find refreshing. Again, we recommend the lime flavor. Maybe we just like lime flavors. Maybe you should try it!

These are our Summer in Amman must-try smoothies and icecreams. Where do YOU think the best icecream in Amman is?

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These talented people found the best rocky outcrops around Wadi Rum and performed the first highline in Jordan!

Highlining is a practice in balance that typically uses nylon or polyesterwebbing tensioned between two anchor points. Acrobats maintain their balance by positioning their centre of mass directly over their base of support, i.e. shifting most of their weight over their legs, arms or whatever part of their body they are using to hold them up.

When they are on the ground with their feet side by side, the base of support is wide in the lateral direction but narrow in the sagittal (back-to-front) direction. In the case of highwire-walkers, their feet are parallel with each other, one foot positioned in front of the other while on the wire. Therefore, a tightwire walker’s sway is side to side, their lateral support having been drastically reduced. In both cases, whether side by side or parallel, the ankle is the pivot point.

TOOT ARD (Strawberries) is a “mountain reggae” band from the majestic mountainside village of Majdal Shams in the Occupied Golan Heights/ Syria.

Their Lesseiz Passer documents say they are “Undefined” but they are sure they are 73% water and that MUSIC will lead them. Toot Ard has emerged as one of the most promising new bands in the Levant region. Singing in Arabic and weaving classical Arabic motifs into funky African inspired Reggae/ska grooves, they will make every audience laugh, dance, smile and imagine the many possibilities for a better future.